A method of manufacturing a velvet plush article includes the steps of: weaving a greige cloth by interweaving face yarns and backing yarns, wherein the face yarns are selected from single-ply bright trilobal yarns and two-ply yarns and the backing yarns are selected from FDY or DTY yarn: pre-processing the greige cloth by brushing, first setting, singeing and second setting the greige cloth sequentially; dyeing and/or printing the greige cloth; and finishing the greige cloth by softening, drying, brushing, sentering, heat-setting, singeing, shearing and final heat-setting the greige cloth. Accordingly, a velvet plush article having a superior smoothness and softness for providing a superior touch and feel comfort is achieved. The velvet plush article may be a velvet plush throw or blanket, or a velvet plush cloth for further processing.

Patent
   RE49640
Priority
Jul 12 2012
Filed
Nov 08 2017
Issued
Sep 05 2023
Expiry
Jul 12 2032
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Small
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13. A method of manufacturing a velvet plush article, comprising the steps of:
weaving a greige cloth by interweaving face yarns and backing yarns, said face yarns comprising single-ply trilobal yarns or two-ply yarns and said backing yarns comprising fully drawn yarns or draw-textured yarns;
pre-processing by sequentially brushing, first setting, singeing and second setting said greige cloth;
dyeing the pre-processed greige cloth to form a colored cloth; and
finishing by sequentially softening, drying, brushing, first heat-setting, singeing, shearing and final heat-setting said colored greige cloth to form a finished velvet plush article having pile hair that is uni-directional, smooth and soft.
1. A method of manufacturing a velvet plush article, comprising the steps of:
weaving a greige cloth by interweaving face yarns and backing yarns, said face yarns comprising single-ply trilobal yarns or two-ply yarns and said backing yarns comprising fully drawn yarns or draw-textured yarns;
pre-processing by sequentially brushing, first setting, singeing and second setting said greige cloth;
dyeing the pre-processed greige cloth to form a colored cloth; and
finishing by sequentially softening, drying, brushing, stentering, first heat-setting, singeing, shearing and final heat-setting said colored greige cloth to form a finished velvet plush article having a flat body including a middle layer and two pile layers, each said pile layer having pile hair that is uni-directional, smooth and soft.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:
printing a pattern on said colored cloth, and
performing said finishing step on the printed colored cloth.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein
said single-ply trilobal yarns are selected from the group of yarns having linear mass densities of 75D/144F, 90D/144F, 100D/144F and 150D/288F,
the two-ply yarns are selected from the group of yarns having linear mass densities of 120D/288F or 300D/574F, and
the backing yarns are yarns selected from fully drawn yarns having a weight of approximately 68D-100D or draw textured yarns having a weight of approximately, 100D-150D.
4. The method of claim 2 wherein
said single-ply trilobal yarns are selected from the group of yarns having linear mass densities of 75D/144F, 90D/144F, 120D/288F and 300D/574F 100D/144F and 150D/288F, and
the backing yarns are yarns selected from fully drawn yarns having a weight of approximately 68D-100D or draw textured yarns having a weight of approximately 100D-150D.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein said face yarns and said backing yarns have a ratio of 4:1 by weight.
6. The method of claim 4 wherein said face yarns and said backing yarns have a ratio of 4:1 by weight.
7. The method of claim 5 wherein:
said brushing during pre-processing includes brushing in a frontward direction and brushing in a backward direction opposite of said frontward direction;
said first setting process includes heat-setting between approximately 120-130° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min;
said singeing process during pre-processing includes passing said greige cloth across hot singe rollers in frontward, backward, backward, frontward, backward and backward directions, sequentially; and
said second setting process includes heat-setting between approximately 170-180° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein:
said brushing during pre-processing includes brushing in a frontward direction and brushing in a backward direction opposite of said frontward direction;
said first setting process includes heat-setting between approximately 120-130° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min;
said singeing process during pre-processing includes passing said greige cloth across hot singe rollers in frontward, backward, backward, frontward, backward and backward directions, sequentially; and
said second setting process includes heat-setting between approximately 170-180° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min.
9. The method of claim 7 wherein said dyeing comprises the substeps of:
bathing in dye fluid, and
rinsing with water having a neutral pH or a low acidity that will result in the dyed greige cloth having a smooth and bright surface.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein said dyeing comprises the substeps of:
bathing in dye fluid, and
rinsing with water having a neutral pH or a low acidity that will result in the dyed greige cloth having a smooth and bright surface.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein
the softening process includes:
washing to add acidity until the greige cloth is soft, and
neutralizing the pH of the acidified greige cloth;
the drying process includes drying at approximately 190° C. at a rolling speed of 20 m/min with an upper drying channel operated at 300 rpm and a lower drying channel operated at 1200 rpm;
the brushing process during finishing includes two brushing cycles;
the stentering process includes stentering in a frontward direction and in a backward direction, sequentially;
the first heat-setting process includes heat-setting at approximately under 150° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min;
the singeing process during finishing includes passing said greige cloth across hot singeing rollers in backward, backward, frontward, frontward, backward, frontward, backward and frontward directions, sequentially;
the shearing process includes shearing in frontward, backward, backward, frontward, frontward, frontward, backward and backward directions, sequentially, such that the final orientation of the pile hair is the same when approaching the cloth from both frontward and backward directions; and
the final heat-setting process includes heat-setting at approximately 190° C. at a rolling speed of 30 m/min.
12. The method of claim 9 wherein
the softening process includes:
washing to add acidity until the greige cloth is soft, and
neutralizing the pH of the acidified greige cloth;
the drying process includes drying at approximately 190° C. at a rolling speed of 20 m/min with an upper drying channel operated at 300 rpm and a lower drying channel operated at 1200 rpm;
the brushing process during finishing includes two brushing cycles;
the stentering process includes stentering in a frontward direction and in a backward direction, sequentially;
the heat-setting process includes heat-setting at approximately under 150° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min;
the singeing process during finishing includes passing said greige cloth across hot singeing rollers in backward, backward, frontward, frontward, backward, frontward, backward and frontward directions, sequentially;
the shearing process includes shearing in frontward, backward, backward, frontward, frontward, frontward, backward and backward directions, sequentially, such that the final orientation of the pile hair is the same when approaching the cloth in both frontward and backward directions; and
the final heat-setting process includes heat-setting at approximately 190° C. at a rolling speed of 30 m/min.
14. The method of claim 13 further comprising the process of stentering between said brushing and said heat-setting processes in said finishing step, said velvet plush article having a flat body including a middle layer and two pile layers, each pile layer having pile hair that is uni-directional, smooth and soft.
15. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of printing on said colored cloth.
16. The method of claim 13 wherein
said single-ply trilobal yarns are selected from the group of yarns having linear mass densities of 75D/144F, 90D/144F, 120D/288F and 300D/574F 100D/144F and 150D/288F, and
said backing yarns are yarns selected from fully drawn yarns having a weight of approximately 68D-100D or draw textured yarns having a weight of approximately 100D-150D.
17. The method of claim 13 wherein said face yarns and said backing yarns have a ratio of 4:1 by weight.
18. The method of claim 13 wherein
said brushing process during pre-processing includes brushing in a frontward direction and brushing in a backward direction;
said first setting process includes heat-setting between approximately 120-130° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min;
said singeing process during pre-processing includes passing the greige cloth across hot singe rollers in frontward, backward, backward, frontward, backward and backward directions, sequentially; and
said second setting process includes heat-setting between approximately 170-180° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min.
19. The method of claim 13 wherein said dyeing step comprises the substeps of:
bathing said pre-processed greige cloth in a dye solution fluid, and
neutralizing the pH or lowering the acidity of said greige cloth to give the dyed greige cloth a smooth and bright surface.
20. The method of claim 13 wherein
the softening process includes:
washing to add acidity until the greige cloth is soft, and
neutralizing the pH of the acidified greige cloth;
the drying process includes drying at approximately 190° C. at a rolling speed of 20 m/min with an upper drying channel operated at 300 rpm and a lower drying channel operated at 1200 rpm;
the first heat-setting process includes heat-setting at approximately under 150° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min;
the singeing process during finishing includes passing said greige cloth across hot singeing rollers in backward, backward, frontward, frontward, backward, frontward, backward and frontward directions, sequentially;
the shearing process includes shearing in frontward, backward, backward, frontward, frontward, frontward, backward and backward directions, sequentially, such that the final orientation of the pile hair is the same when approaching the cloth in both frontward and backward directions; and
the final heat-setting process includes heat-setting at approximately 190° C. at a rolling speed of 30 m/min.

velvetThe With particular reference to FIG. 3, a method of manufacturing a velvet plush article comprises the steps of:

The dyeing and printing steps are optional and may be performed as desired in order to provide the velvet plush article with a particular color and pattern.

As shown in FIG. 2, the velvet plush article 10 has a flat body 12 having a middle layer 16 defining a top surface 18 and a bottom surface 20, and at least one a pile layer 22 comprising a plurality of pile hairs 24 extending from the middle layer 16 on the top surface 18, the bottom surface 20, or both. The velvet plush article in the illustrated embodiment 10 has two pile layers 22 on each of the top surface 18 and the bottom surface 20 respectively and the pile hair 24 is uni-directional in which a direction of the pile hair 24 at a frontward direction is the same as a direction of the pile hair at a backward direction in that the direction of the pile hair 24 from a frontward direction is the same as the direction of the pile hair from a backward direction. The According to the invention, the velvet plush article 10 is made of comprises synthetic materials such as polyester and the two pile layers 22 on the top surface 18 and the bottom surface 20 provide a highly smooth and soft touch and feel to a user. In addition, a color 14 and/or a pattern 16 can be provided on one or both of the two pile layers 22 on the top surface 18 and/or the bottom surface 20 as seen in FIG. 1. The velvet plush article 10 can also be manufactured as a velvet plush blanket or a velvet plush sheet for further processing.

As shown in With reference again to FIG. 3, the method of manufacturing a velvet plush article comprises the steps of:

Alternately, after the step (B) or (C), the method of manufacturing a velvet plush article further comprises the steps of:

Preferably In one embodiment of the invention, in step (A), first and second filaments the face yarns and backing yarns are provided in a ratio of 4:1, wherein the first filament is a backing filament.

In step (B), in one embodiment of the invention the brushing involves brushing in a frontward direction and in a backward direction as shown in FIG. 3A; the first setting involves heat-setting at 120-130° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min; as shown in FIG. 4, the singeing involves a sequential rolling for six times at a frontward, backward, backward, frontward, backward and backward directions singe rolling performed by passing the greige cloth F in frontward, backward, backward, frontward, backward and backward directions sequentially across hot rollers R; and the second setting involves heat-setting at 170-180° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min.

In step (C), dyeing the greige cloth includes bathing in dye fluid and rinsing with water as shown in FIG. 3B. In one embodiment additional dyeing time of 20 minutes is required due to immersion of the greige cloth in a water bath having a neutral pH or the lowest acidity that will result in a smooth and bright surface.

in step (D), printing includes the steps of brushing in a frontward direction, setting at 150° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min, and printing a preset pattern.

In step (E), softening includes washing to add acidity until the greige cloth is soft and then neutralizing the pH of the greige cloth as shown in FIG. 3C. If the pH is lower than 7, the fiber density of the greige cloth will diminish. If the pH is greater than 7, the greige cloth will be hardened; drying includes drying under 190° C. at a rolling speed of 20 m/min with an upper drying channel operated at 300 rpm and a lower drying channel operated at 1200 rpm; brushing includes brushing two brushing cycles; stentering includes stentering in a frontward direction and a backward direction as shown in FIG. 3D; heat-setting includes heat-setting under 150° C. at a rolling speed of 25 m/min with soft air; singeing includes passing the greige cloth across a plurality of hot singe rollers in frontward and backward directions, and preferably, as shown in FIG. 5, includes passing the greige cloth F across hot singe rollers R in backward, backward, frontward, frontward, backward, frontward, backward and frontward directions sequentially; shearing includes shearing in frontward, backward, backward, frontward, frontward, frontward, backward and backward directions sequentially, as shown in FIG. 3E, such that the final orientation of the pile hair is the same when approaching the cloth in both frontward and backward directions; and final heat-setting includes heat-setting at 190° C. at a rolling speed of 30 m/min.

There have thus been described and illustrated certain embodiments of a method of manufacturing velvet plush according to the invention. Although the present invention has been described and illustrated in detail, it should be clearly understood that the disclosure is illustrated only and is not to be taken as limiting, the spirit and scope of the invention being limited only by the terms of the appended claims and their legal equivalents.

Feng, Chen

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